Monad has secured a significant position in Visa’s stablecoin settlement infrastructure while attracting developers through its Metropolis hackathon. The high performance EVM Layer 1 blockchain now allows participating Visa issuers and acquirers to settle obligations using stablecoins on Monad.

Alongside this development, its global hackathon brought together 885 teams from 76 countries, with Corpus claiming the grand champion title. Rising tokenized stock activity, growing DeFi liquidity and new social infrastructure further highlight Monad’s expanding ecosystem.

Visa Adds Monad to Its Stablecoin Settlement Program

Visa has added Monad as a supported network for stablecoin settlement, allowing participating issuers and acquirers to settle obligations with Visa through the blockchain. The integration brings Monad into a payment infrastructure operating at a $25 billion annualized stablecoin settlement run rate as of September 2026.

The announcement places Monad within Visa’s expanding blockchain settlement strategy. Its high performance EVM architecture offers participating institutions another network for handling settlement operations, while maintaining compatibility with Ethereum based applications and infrastructure.

The development is particularly relevant for Monad because it connects the blockchain with an established global payment network rather than limiting its role to crypto native transactions.

🌐 @Visa is expanding stablecoin settlement to Monad

Participating issuers and acquirers can now settle Visa obligations in stablecoins on the Monad blockchain https://t.co/WLiY9H8Hic

— Monad (@monad) November 10, 2026

Metropolis Hackathon Brings 885 Teams to Monad

Monad’s Metropolis hackathon attracted 885 teams representing 76 countries, bringing developers together to build applications across its ecosystem. The competition offered more than $250,000 in prizes, with Corpus emerging as the grand champion.

Corpus secured recognition for its onchain compute endowment layer, a concept designed to connect compute resources with blockchain based ownership and funding. Its approach brings cloud compute pricing onchain through x402 compute price feeds and enables ownership in compute resources, potentially supporting services beyond the lifespan of their original maintainers.

The winning project reflects the hackathon’s focus on practical applications rather than simply showcasing blockchain development. Metropolis gave builders an opportunity to develop products around finance, payments, consumer applications and infrastructure while competing for substantial rewards.

Tokenized Stocks Surge as Monad DeFi TVL Reaches $943 Million

Monad has also recorded a sharp increase in tokenized stock trading, with volumes climbing approximately 70 times above recent averages. The jump signals stronger activity around blockchain based representations of traditional equities, placing tokenized stocks among the network’s notable financial use cases.

DeFi total value locked on Monad reached $943 million, reflecting the capital committed across its decentralized finance applications. The combination of higher stock trading volumes and substantial liquidity within DeFi gives the network a growing base for financial activity.

These figures connect Monad’s ecosystem growth directly to trading and capital deployment rather than developer participation alone.

Lens Integration Expands Monad's Onchain Social Infrastructure

Lens is coming to Monad with a fully onchain social graph, introducing another application layer to the blockchain. The integration gives users ownership of their accounts and connections while allowing developers to create independent social clients.

Users will also have control over how their feeds appear, while existing Lens and Farcaster accounts can be used to access the ecosystem.

The integration adds social infrastructure to Monad alongside its expanding financial applications. Developers can build experiences around user owned connections without depending on a single platform to control accounts or feeds.

With Visa settlement support, Corpus winning Metropolis and tokenized stock volumes rising sharply, Monad is attracting activity across payments, compute infrastructure, trading and social applications.

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